Certainly an informative picture. The "smoke" is because of production of microscopic particulate matter due to the effect of friction between wheel and the cast iron brake pad. When the brakes are applied, the brake pad which is softer, disintegrates faster. During disintegration, the frictional heat oxidizes the softer cast iron brake pad and what you see as "smoke" is nothing but this iron oxide particulate suspension in air. Not surprisingly, the oxidation of iron occurs at the wheel-brake pad interface and therefore one sees the "smoke" coming from the wheels. Needless to add that inhaling this "smoke" is injurious to health :-)

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2007 Nov 30 01:51:52 +0000

Nice!!

Posted by Colin Peter on 2007 Nov 29 19:38:32 +0000

The collector pan of the panto of WCAM1 is also unique

Posted by Colin Peter on 2007 Nov 29 19:37:19 +0000

Nice shot, really. But how did the smoke originate? Is it the diesel fume turned white?

Posted by Rahul on 2007 Nov 29 19:06:41 +0000

Wonderful shot!

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Nov 29 18:41:55 +0000

This same thing happened to the MEMU at Saphale in which me, Arzan and Apoorva travelled yesterday.

Posted by Karan Desai on 2007 Nov 29 17:18:14 +0000

Wow! Twin WCAM1s!! I can see a WCG2 also at work!

Posted by Karan Desai on 2007 Nov 29 17:17:08 +0000

Fantastic shot.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Nov 29 17:04:15 +0000

its a WDP4...

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2007 Nov 16 06:05:05 +0000

now is that a WDP4 at the helm?? or a WDM3D?? is'nt this the 7311

Posted by Colin Peter on 2007 Nov 15 17:37:33 +0000